yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
or you could just attach it - should be less than the XDA attachment size limit, and as I mentioned there is no private info in there.

Looking at my own dumped images, it looks like this same partitioning information appears in mmcblk0boot0 190 times (!!), and in mmcblk0boot1 256 times (!!). I need to extract them all and compare checksums to see if they are identical.

Holy ****.

(My info was just from collected from looking at the output of individual dd read commands on each partition)

Again, holy **** - that's a world of hurt. I suppose recovery might still be possible, but perhaps only with some exhaustive code review of how the mmc driver determines the partitioning. and possibly some very dangerous patching of areas in mmcblk0boot{0,1}. It does appear that partitioning information is stored redundantly in multiple places on the tablet.

I am wondering - if the partitioning information that the TWRP boot was somehow partially corrupted - then running "dd if=/dev/zero" to write without a "count=" size constraint might have caused an over-run past where the actual partition was supposed to live.

At this point, I wouldn't attempt any more writing operations - especially since TWRP doesn't know where anything lives any longer.

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For the purposes of rescue you might want to capture some dumps of mmcblk0boot0 and mmcblk0boot1

Since you can not mount the /sdcard to store the dumps temporarily, you should be able to stuff them into ramdisk temporarily and then pull them to your PC via adb in the same TWRP session:

C:\foo> adb shell

# mkdir /tmp/dumps

# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot0 bs=4096 of=/tmp/dumps/mmcblk0boot0.img

# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot1 bs=4096 of=/tmp/dumps/mmcblk0boot1.img

# exit

C:\foo> adb pull /tmp/dumps/

The worst that can happen here (if the partitioning for mmcblk0boot{0,1} is wrong - and huge - you'll wedge the TWRP session by filling memory.

Without committing to a lot of effort it looks like you are looking at RMA time.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpek:
Yes, I suppose it could be the case.

Done without problems.

[/QUOTE]

I don't want to bother you with too much digging, so maybe it's time to send my device back do the seller.

But before that ... I think I should wipe out TWRP.

Should I use dd on the whole mmcblk0 device to do that?

Nevertheless I'm really greateful for your time and efforts. Thank you very much.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Hmmm. Dunno. At this point you might end up borking the bootloader trying something like that.

There have been other threads where folks reported returning devices without bothering to do any clean up - and without repercussions.

Seems believable; the folks that are tasked with repairing units under RMA are not approaching each one as if it were a forensic evaluation. From a pure business standpoint that would be a huge waste of time and money. If they ever get rewarded for anything they do, it's probably a throughput metric (devices repaired or scrapped per work shift). Your unit will be one of many.

Your thanks are welcome, but I have an interest in this anyway. I noticed in digging around that (rather bizarrely) there is a partition that TWRP identifies as "staging" (/dev/block/mmcblk0p6). The bizarre part of this is that a hexdump revealed a few strings that were unicode URLs for XDA's ad networks. !! ?? !!

That rather freaks me out - what the frick is user data (I suppose from web browsing?) doing in a partition that never gets mounted and is (apparently) not in any identify-able file system format?

Back when Amon_RA was packaging his recovery for various devices, he would use a STOCK KERNEL in the boot image for his recovery boot. That pretty much is a guarantee that the kernel drivers (e.g. for MTD/MMC) would behave no differently from the way the device manufacturer does things - including for important things like interpreting partition tables.

With TWRP and CWM we currently have no such assurances that subtle bugs have not crept in to important places unless we repackage their boot images to use stock kernels.

Anyway, I am trying to review what I *think* is partitioning information to see what I can figure out - but you probably shouldn't wait for me.

Good luck with your return.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fungosaurus:
Hi warpek, I don't mean to butt in to this thread but I encountered a similar issue to yours this past weekend that's gotten to the point where I can no longer turn on nor get into the bootloader anymore. My question is since our devices have been modified, do you know if there is there any chance that Asus could deny and void the warranty upon finding that out?

Alright guess I'll go give it a shot.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Hi fungosaurus,

For the benefit of the rest of the N7 community - could you say a few words about what ROM/kernel was on your tablet, and (if you know) about what the charge state of the battery was like when the first hint of problem occurred?

A few reports don't mean anything conclusive, but it sure is starting to look like something is going on with "low battery" / "can't turn on" syndromes ... which then unfold into full-blown disasters.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fungosaurus:
Oh yes of course. CM10.1 Jan 10 nightly with whichever kernel it came with. As far as I could tell the battery was fully charged when I could no longer power it back on or access the bootloader.

My issue was actually a bit complicated and I might've actually been the one to worsen it through my ignorance. I made a post on Reddit that describes in detail what happened. Does this help?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Only time will tell - for instance if lots of folks start reporting troubles with the same kernel.

Sounds more like a hardware problem though. Thanks for the info.

I think I saw a recent news article stating that Asus is shipping about 1 million N7's per month now. If they have shipped 5 million cumulatively, and they have a defect rate of only 0.1% in the first year of service, that would be 5000 owners who might end up on message boards looking for help. Although - since rooters are presumably a small fraction of owners - I guess we should see a much smaller number of folks who are rooted AND experience hardware troubles.

@warpek - the data stored in the misc1/misc2 partitions does in fact appear to be partitioning data. But I don't think you can use "fdisk" for the mmcblk0 device in any event.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpek:
Yes, but to be sure that I won't have any problems while returning my device I zeroed the whole block device.

That is really astounding. Please let us now if you have any conclusions.

Meanwhile I'm sending my nexus to Asus.

Thanks again.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpek:
As bftb0 said it shouldn't be any problems but to be sure I zeroed the whole block device area before returning it back.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpek:
To clarify, in my case it wasn't "low battery" related issue. As I remember the battery had been over 40% after I started charging it the whole night.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpek:
Final update: my nexus has been repaired. Repair note: replaced motherboard.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bftb0:
Good news.

Did Asus nick you for any costs? Shipping?

How would your characterize your experience with Asus over this?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warpek:
No costs at all. Everything went smoothly. I had to fill a form on Asus Web page, they sent UPS to pick up the tablet and after a few days they sent it back to me.

No questions about rooting, unlocking and the like.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad haze:
i need an nv2 backup for lg optimus one,if someone can help me,this will be great.i am from romania and if you send me an nv backup i will change the imei with QPST...i need it because my sim card is not detected,my micro sd card is not detected,bluetooth not working.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FitAmp:
How did this problem arise?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad haze:
i had a problem with clockworkmod recovery....and cyanogenmod
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad haze:
can someone help me?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rr0yy:
Search more.. you will learn.. how to create new NV2.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad haze:
dude....i've searched for like 1 week....i didn't find anything.....if someone can send me a NV2 file....it would be awesome
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rr0yy:
Do you even know what NV2 file is??

Nobody will give their nv file to you.. it has imei number, Bluetooth address and other important things.

Use this tool create a nv2 file with you imei number. You can find it under battery.

If this doesnt work.. go to LG service centre.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad haze:
i know dude what an NV2 file is....and that software is useless....if you can send me the file please send....3 days ago someone stole my blackberry and i don't have money for a new phone....
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shinobisoft:
As rr0yy stated, no one is going to give you their NV2 file as it contains information specific to their device like IMEI number, WIFI mac address, bluetooth mac address, etc... If you are having IMEI issues and you don't have your own NV2 backup, I'm afraid the service center or purchasing another device are your only options. Unfortunately the service center won't do any good if the device is out of warranty and/or you don't have proof of purchase ( receipt ).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
hi

I did the following

download and install the latest Fashtool software ( flashtool-0.9.10.1-windows ) and I had installed the drivers .exe in the drivers folders

and selected all the devices and I am not able to flash sola to the new version of android

the log file at the attachment

Please help guys :'(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] theokoukoulis:
You need to install flashtool and fastboot drivers from the drivers installation file !!! :) But you shouldn't post that on development section !!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
sry for posting in the wrong section ummm could u please explain more to me where are the files u talked about I told u

there is .exe file in the Flashtool\drivers folder I click on it and install it and I had select all the drivers in options list including the

flashmode and flashboot drivers from the list ?

is there anything else to do ??

thanks :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] theokoukoulis:
What windows are using ??
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
and here is screenshot for the option before and a link for the theard I follow to flash my device

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/39322
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] theokoukoulis:
Download http://androxyde.github.com/index.html?1358686817000 flashtool from this link and tell me what windows are u using !!

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if you are using windows 8 u must do that http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1982718 .. Cant help more!!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
form the site you provide i downlaod the flashtool and i am running windows7 home edition

thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
so guys anyone can help ???
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] happy3777:
Now see its a detailed tutorial...

Flastool version doesn't count much...

First of all get latest flastool which u already havr...

Install it...

Then open system drive open flashtool folder, in it open drivers folders click on it

Then tick the following

Xperia sola drivers

Flashmode.drivers

Fastboot drivers

Let them install windows will give warning message during installation

Click install drivers any way

Angain and again till drivers completely get installed, message will come many time everytime click install....

As the drivers get installed..

Put the downloaded firmware in C\flashtool\firmware folder...

Thrn open flashtool

Click on thunder icon

Their will be two icons

Click on flashmode\ ok

Select ur downloaded firmware...

It will prepare...

And after a message will come...

Its tim nw

Switch off ur phn

Then press vol+ button and then connect it wid usb...

It will start flashing..

And. By chance if.after sec it got disconnected...

Thenn disconnect ur phn wait it till it turns off..

Then again it will start flashing...

And ur done...

Its all abt timing

U were connecting ur phn before only connect when it says to connect...

And as u connect right the opened dialog shoing how to connect will close amd it will be started...

:D

Thanx me if I helped...

:rolleyes:

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If still u had any problen pm me...

Ill add pics tutorial for u..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ghost_j1:
Thaaaankss alot man for the step by step explanation I was doing everything right except timing to connect my device

u r right "Its all abt timing"

Thanks again & I hit the thanks button :D :cowboy:

Problem solved :good:
[Defy Android Development] ttocs99:
Re: MIUI V4 Defy/Defy+ Custom Edition by Stefan Braun 2013.01.19

Cool cant wait :thumbup:
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
Upload tonight!:good:
[Defy Android Development] mothy1025:
is this rom based on custom kernel or we have flash kernel separately?

Is every thing working good in this rom (tethering camera etc)?

And one suggestion Yes it is your rom you can have whatever apps on it but kindly dont add 3rd party apps like Apex and Es Friends who uses it will be happy but guys like me always like pure MIUI experience.If our friends need they can install it separately and its easy too.But if you add it in your rom it became system app so removing a system app is not easy as installing a app.Once again its just a suggestion you can cook the rom as you wish.Really thanks for the rom.
[Defy Android Development] ela1103:
Stefan Braun

Thank For the miui rom .can u add the media audio effects .this is main draw back in miui .cm9 and cm10 having this feature that is cm9 and cm 10 watch the movie and hearing music is unbeatable sound .so can u please add this feature in u miui v4 ics Rom .
[Defy Android Development] remix96:
Maybe i will try this MIUI rom... do you' ve implemented official MIUI V4's Camera app?
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
Nice to see a new dev!!

Cant wait to test it out!! :D:good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
[Defy Android Development] AlMustansir:
Any feedback so far ?
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
Rom not uploaded :angel::D
[Defy Android Development] remix96:
Video of this ROM

Can anyone upload a video of this ROM, after it comes out?

It would be really appreciated, thanks :o
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
I may make one , what are you looking for?
[Defy Android Development] remix96:
I wanna see:

1) Smoothness of MIUI launcher, and speed with "HD Graphics" and "Scrolling Wallpaper" enabled.

2) Which is the Camera app installed in this ROM.

3) Its speed to launch a game.

4) MIUI Browser' s smoothness and speed.

If you will do it, so... thanks :victory:

P.S. I' ve sented a request for "Defy Hangout" gruop on FB. (I' m Remo Valerio Labbia).
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
Cool will make one , after i download it .
[Defy Android Development] remix96:
Look at post N° 12 :laugh:
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
Edited !! :D ;)
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
No videos but have been uploaded to the rom:cowboy:
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
Downloading and testing right now!!

Will post review ASAP!!

:good::good::D:cowboy::cowboy::good:
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
Uploaded to the rom:cowboy:
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
Look forward to your opinion!:good:
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
Hey , No Gapps needed right??

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Most Miui builds are given names like Wiui OR JIUI , why don't you call your flavour SIUI? :o:D
[Defy Android Development] JustinBacle:
Use Custom Recovery :)
[Defy Android Development] nakster:
thanks, but this ROM is too buggy for me.

I switched to Wak's one, much better.
[Defy Android Development] nakster:
Actually, Wak ROM is soooo slow, I may switch back to this one tomorrow.
[Defy Android Development] joke19:
Font change

Hi,

when i change the font and restart its back the some old font.

Bad Bug

The rest is very nice.
[Defy Android Development] murlidhar85:
no problem for me. my font doesn't change after reboot.
[Defy Android Development] danilow_16:
I can't connect on my wifi, don't know why but on gb I could
[Defy Android Development] Shrewdy:
Hi guys,

Just wanted to know how is the performance of this latest build....

How stable and usable is it??
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
Hello all !

Coming soon update :cowboy:
[Defy Android Development] TheBrutalLicker:
How does this rom compare to other MIUI roms around? I've always experienced some lag on V4 roms.
[Defy Android Development] misiek998:
What update? Some peoples use your rom at daily usage ;)
[Defy Android Development] Mavasilisk:
No statusbar even after I've installed controlpanel.zip
[Defy Android Development] murchz:
Is this thread dead?
[Defy Android Development] joke19:
AW: MIUI V4 [ Defy / Defy+ ] Custom Edition by Stefan Braun [ 2013.02.19. ]

Hi,

Flash the rom without control panel start the handy first full and then flash control panel.

Gesendet von meinem MB526
[Defy Android Development] anupam_aug15:
Stefan

Can you customize mini v5
[Defy Android Development] guffoe:
I really don't knwo how to do it..
[Defy Android Development] murchz:
[MENTION=5072903]Stefan Braun[/MENTION] : has support / updating for this rom been suspended / ended? An update was announced but then nothing happened
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
Gapps added rom !
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
LANGUAGE!!

How to get english language???

its in your language !!
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
System settings...langue :D
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
[SOLVED]i'm in "KIEMELT" and "OSSZES BEALLITAS" no langue option :/

Sorry for troubling :(

Got it , !!! Now testing!! :D

Preliminary Review :

1.No lags

2.No lockscreen lag

3.No bugs till now
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
Ok

I look forward to the results!
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
EPIC ROM!

Tested everything . Everything works!!

As good as it gets!!

Points checked:

1. No Fc s

2. Music player works Flawlessly !!

3.Camera is Cm 9 (not MIUI) -- opens fast

4. Taskswitcher / lock app in memory / end app -- Fast , smooth

5. Apex works nicely

6. High Ram usage using normally 435/512 -- :(

7. Ram usage when all app closed --245 /512 --:)

Verdict--> RECOMENDED for daily usage:D:good:!! :D

EDIT : the apex launcher provided is not updating , Play store asks to remove it before updating :/ ... have you put apex pro ??

PS: the new jb builds seem to have better ram management , the eppy ics also had better ram management . Does the MIUI tweaks/ U I reduce free ram??
[Defy Android Development] sebx_g1:
Odp: MIUI V4 Defy/Defy+ Custom Edition by Stefan Braun 2013.01.19

Some download problems, Mediafire verification procedure or what ever, any mirror?
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
just type in the captcha !!
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
Thank you for test!:cowboy:

There is another big favorite rom! Mokee OS New Beginning

Very fast and very stable! Battery consumption is very good!Free ram perfect!(250-290)

If you think you can test it because it is very good rom!

My opinion is the fastest GB rom for DEFY! Mokee OS
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
I'll try it as soon as the DEFY + build is out :D:cowboy:

Do you plan to give updates to the MIUI buildin the future ??

PS: still no FCs ....loving the rom!! :D

EDIT : Battery drop from 60 to 40 % , will test and see it happens again :/
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
Of course you will update miui!:cowboy:

The battery after 2-3 complete charge and discharge is restored!
[Defy Android Development] Lorenard:
What about the RIL version or bugs?

Any info about this issue?
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
The rom works perfectly!
[Defy Android Development] parth0:
Is VPN working this ROM?

Can anybody confirm us, is the VPN Client (PPTP/IPSec) working for the same virsion?:confused:
[Defy Android Development] mothy1025:
Do we need to format from ext4 to ext3 or we can directly flash the zip and does tethering work
[Defy Android Development] bleedlinux:
BUG.

The same bug as latest CM9 by EPPY ( DEFY +) .

Battery not charging beyond 82 / 87 / 96 % depending on battd/zip used , Battery drops in all .

In Eppy cm9 tried everything , but the issue was not solved .

The bug must have come here as this is based on the latest Eppy Build :/ ( Stefan : see the last 2,3 pages of eppy ics )

all else is perfect.
[Defy Android Development] xorxelmen:
hello I need the softunlock patch, I tested the ICS. 1.3 softunlock.. but not work....

and I tested to copy the files ( the same proces to CM9/10 and modded the permissions)

but not work...

thanks
[Defy Android Development] rishi2100:
Dude, i am using your Mokee OS for past two days. Just have to say one thing...

SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH......and i really mean it

my phone don't even remember what lag is.

Thanks for the ROM

BTW is it possible to disable proximity sensor in this ROM. Mine is a little buggy (but its not this ROM's fault)
[Defy Android Development] jacky8456:
Just flashed this ROM,

but after phone boot up, only one button can press(I don't know what it is, it isn't English).

After I press it the phone reboots, then show the same button again.

What should I do?

Edit: start from flashing sbf, now it works. Really smooth ROM.
[Defy Android Development] marianocopetti:
I had the same problem. After full wipe, it was solved.
[Defy Android Development] bbeni:
Hi,

good try, danke, but you forgot to share with us some info about rom.

This build based on latest WIUI v4 ICS (from aug. 2012). (apps & framework with 25 language support)

And very similar than JIUI v4 ICS build.
[Defy Android Development] juried:
Stop spamming about battery drops. That is NOT caused by any ROM. Read up.
[Defy Android Development] jacky8456:
Did overclock from bootmenu work?

Overclocked my device too 1350MHz, but still shows 1000MHz in system.
[Defy Android Development] xorxelmen:
it's possible use a softunlock?

Thanks
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
Exactly what do you mean?
[Defy Android Development] joannerve:
Flash player works?
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
Yes!
[Defy Android Development] xorxelmen:
i need unse my phone with movistar (spain) but the phone is locked to vodafone.

for the CM10 and CM9 exist a patch (1.3 soft_unlock).

It's possible use the similar patch??? I tried these one but not work.

thankls, sorry for my english.
[Defy Android Development] pradeeppk:
Re: MIUI V4 Defy/Defy+ Custom Edition by Stefan Braun 2013.01.19

He means soft sim unlock to change carrier
[Defy Android Development] TheGuuH:
For me the fastest is WR 2.1.1 with the 'Seeder tweak' http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1987032

Maybe you can implement this in your ROM?

This thing made my defy almost lagness LOL super fast.

(please do it :P )
[Defy Android Development] karinkato:
@stefan Braun..

first of all its gr8 rom.... tyvm :good:

its speed is amazing ... good work

i only faced FC on TTS settings dnt know y it occured..

P.S - Rom is speedy stable and super smooth
[Defy Android Development] harley911:
got bye
[Defy Android Development] remix96:
You must speak english in this forum ;)
[Defy Android Development] gilek:
rom is great :D

but can u help me to unlock my phone on this rom

please
[Defy Android Development] Stefan Braun:
Unfortunately, I do not understand the question correctly.:confused: